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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago

Dont worry they are just fixing the mainframe so the core is more stable

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What is up with these tech photographers and soldering irons?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

all electronics involves soldering, still, duh!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

We all know programming is just htop and sometimes tree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Hey quit soldering my code like that!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Because the target audience likely doesn't know much about computers, and the stock buyer likely knows as little, so the stock buyer can pick whatever looks compelling. The stock photographer is just chasing the trends.

Keywords also create a bias. I doubt most buyers are searching "land grid array", but "soldering iron" is synonymous with anything electronics/hardware related.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Though for once there’s no hand in frame getting third degree burns by grabbing the end of the iron…

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Use this one trick the chip-producers don't want you to know...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Add more cores with this simple trick.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That iron has never even been turned on! Where are the purples, and browns?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Its used in its energy saving mode. This is to avoid too vivid solders.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Given I am an hacker I can tell from this image that the IP address of this mainframe is 365.127.42.555

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

@Synthead We are having guests over. Get out the good soldering iron!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Back in my day we used to unlock clock multipliers by shorting the right pins.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

You're supposed to apply thermal paste to the soldering iron too, to increase it's thermalness!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

This image causes me physical pain, please delete it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

He's soldering his microscopic hacking tools to the pins. It's a Chinese technique.